Pop-Up Geometry: The Mathematics Behind Pop-Up Cards

ISBN-13: 9781009098403 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Massachusetts) O'Rourke Joseph (Smith College

Opis

Explores the beautifully intricate dynamics of pop-up cards using high school mathematics, making tangible what is often dry and abstract.

Recenzje

'Complete with vibrantly colored graphics, companion animations that depict the motion described in the book, and templates for the reader to make the pop-up creations the book is analyzing, this book makes it easy for the reader to engage with the material they are learning.' Katelynn Kochalski, Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Parallel Folds; 2. V-Folds and Rotary Motion; 3. The Knight's Visor; 4. Pop-up Spinner; 5. Polyhedra: Rigid Origami and Flattening; 6. Algorithms for Pop-Up Design; 7. Pop-Up Design is Hard; 8. Solutions to Exercises.